About

Smartec SA was founded in 1996, as a result of the development our SOFO monitoring system at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – Lausanne (EPFL) which received awards for innovation at the time. Today, Smartec is a leading supplier of fiber-optic technology used by the world-wide structural, geotechnical, energy and oil & gas industry. We employ dedicated individuals who focus on providing our customers with the best solution to their technical challenges.

The quality of our products and the experience of our engineers at Smartec are reflected by the completion of more than 1200 successful monitoring projects, located in 30 countries on all continents. Some notable projects include the Burj Kalifa tower (world’s tallest building), the Duxton Complex in Singapore, the New I35W bridge in Minneapolis, MN, the Manhattan Bridge in New York, NY, the Alp Transit tunnel in Switzerland (world’s longest tunnel), the CERN-LHC particle accelerator (world’s largest particle accelerator) and the ITER fusion reactor.

SMARTEC Timeline

1996

SMARTEC founded as spin-off of EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne)